Display device



Nov. 3, 1931.

CHnnLsslwnLL/Ams BY fw Mai.,

ATTORNEY NOV 3, 1931- s. sPEc-roR ET A1. 1,829,766

DI SPLAY DEVICE Filed April 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 n 1 /64 ii i i 1 25 x I l \/4\ l 4! 4vr3\0Z\ A125 l Z4 k El. /5 i 2o 55 i L 58 29 52 f 38 l JMA l l 5a \/g /0 Il /g e@ aa ATTORNEY PATE Patented Nov.y 3, 1931 y.sAialnIELsr'ncfroit011isiaooizLYN, Nn CHARLES B. WILLiAMs, `oF NEW YORK, N. Y.;

` fsAin. WILLIAMS AssIGNoB. To SAID srnc'ron Y nIsrLAY DEVICE A fAppiicaton filed April 5,

- iThis invention relates to dS 1a.? racks and particularly to arevolving rac designed e's-l :peciallyforholding rollsof linoleumor carp'ets so vthat they frnay be displayed in a minifnuni amount'y offs'pace and Xreadily inspected` bythe mcustomer without putting the salesv clerktotheftask-"offlifting the heavy rolls of The' invention' for its principal object to providea displayfrack for va plurality of.

Vheavy rolls of goods which are supported in uprightpo'sition and which may be unwound frornthe rolls by simplycausing the latterV to' Vrevolve, inftheir holders. s

,y A further object of the invention isto'provide means attachable'to the rackffor aiding l'the operatorto insert the heavy rolls onek at a time into the devicewithout-the necessity of l. V'liftingfthe yroll or rolls oif 'the floor.

" viWeaccomplishthese'objects yby means of lthevrapparatus, consisting of a certain combination and arrangementofparts,hereinafter *fully described, setffortlr in'l the appended claiins and illustratively exemplified in the 'accompanying drawings, lin which Figure l is a side elevationalfview of'a display rack constructed in accordance withour invention', Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan Vview of the top of the rack Figure 3 is a substantially longitudinal sectional viewv ofk the lower end ,off the racktalen on. lines 3 3 of Figure'4;

' y discshapedbasesupportinga `ballfbearing 4Q turn table 11' at its centerjand a I'concentric vmetal track 12 adjacentthe'periphery. At-

tached'to` and supported on the upper `plate13 vof the turntable 11-is the revolving rollvdis'- y play holder14, which comprises apai'rfof ver- 45' tically lspaced discs 15 'of' the diameter cor"- responding with thatof thepbase 10,"a core or ycenter vpost/'16 v and '1a plurality jofequally spaced-marginally disposed braces or v'spacingpipes 17. Thei ends offbothithe center post 16 and pipesglare provided with lateral 1929. Lserial No. 352,781.

flanges secured to the opposite faces of the l two discs 15, as'illustrated in 'Figure 4.

outer portions ofthe slots 18 to prevent'the rolls being mounted at'their upper ends in the slots from working their way out(kk The lower disc 15 is provided with the same nunlfber of radially disposed grooves 20 as there iare'islots 18 and thediscs 15are arranged relatively to eachother so as/to bring a slot'18 directly over and in line with a groovefQO. Eachgroove20 is provided on its opposite walls with inverted L-shaped irons 21, the lateral arms forming anges overlying the ygroove and their adjacent sides being spaced apart to. form a slot 22. l

The rolls of goods`23 are supportedin upright position between the' carrier discs 15 and at opposite ends the rolls are provided kwith bearing discs or flanges 24, each thereof having a-cylindrical centeringblock which projects vinto the opening in the end of the roll. The discs 24 placed on the upper'ends of the rolls are provided-on their faces opposite the blocks 25 withlupwardly projecting vpins 26 which project through and turn in their respective slots 18. The lower discs 24Y carry flat plates 27 on their faces opposite .y the blocks, and the center of each platev is provided with an outwardly curved bearing 'surface or bulge 28 whichy rests and turns on the 'flanges of the L-irons of the grooves-20, as illustrated in Figure 3.l Abolt 29 projects yaxially of the block 25,` disc v24 and bearing 28 and then between the walls of. theslot 22, ,where the head 'of the bolt engages under the lateral arms or flanges of the irons 21. ,Afteraroll 23 is'place'd in the racka flat bar30 having a slot inone end and a hook "in the other ris inserted between the lower disc carrier 15 andlange end 24, rthe slot being y placed over a pin 31 inthe disc 15 at one xside -ofthe flange 24 andthe other endswung into positionin front of the bolt 29 and the'hook end engaged against anotherv pin 32 fixed in upright lposition on the revolving carrier NT OFFICE r l disc.V "The undersurfaceoftlie lower-disc is providedwith aplurality of casters 32,

which/encircle the base 10 onthe track 12, and which supportthedisc evenly about its pey riphery.

.To insert alnyew-ull'roll of goods 23`into placegin'thejrack;an inclinedplatform orV f rainp 33 lis used, the latter coinprisinga blo'clg fio.

triangular yin longitudinalv section, and.V llavcentenV groove Lshaped irons which are'adapted-to ]o1nV with the irons 21 of" any groove 2O in the lower Vdisc carrier 15 and which follow/the inclination of the block from the Alicor level to that ofthe upper sur-faceo'f the disc. Af-

.plulal'it-yiof rollers 3,6; are InountedinV theinof ythe latteris concaved @to receive tliefcurve` ofthe. 'disc 15 against whighf itv is. lieldV when i 2.0

vin'gfrorn the curved end of therarnp and at@ eaLchz: si'dethereof, r.are arms; 37 which? t,l in

lfJetvveen;av pair gef' spaced blocks v38 y'dependv Jingv frorn theunder-ace. of tlielower vdisc 15.

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- vent'therQIL'fr-Omj workingitsfwayoutfof the ayf befprop'erly leenterjed before anyv ranged at spaced distances ofn the-.periphery T o rstjload the rafekfthe-ramp?v 33 is ar- --ranged l. inpjosition'.l loefforeV each 1 groove V2O,

the4 end `flanges 'or'. discs 24Jattaehedgto. the 'en'dsoltlierol'l and" the. latter stood on Lendbeforethelralfnp; -VBy tilting the roll" and pushing. itltoward: the ranip the-'headed end' ofi the bolt j 29 enters thee/,groove 341.- and vthe Vflower dis/c.24;restsiipontherollers 3 6. Slight gclinefover the rollers 36, Fas illustrated in Vfli'gure 5,;untilqthe boltentersthefgroove 20 j andthefpin 26k entiers'r the slot 18 in vthe'npper Vtrimmer.'afferma'funeral':aresalame. are provideexwithxous', whereupon the vanop. is'. takenzfrimfghe milli'11.951111tilt siih timea's. itisinecessarytojlrellfwitll-a'newfrolllff y! Y addition to' thef'oregoing,l our invention -ielferii-plaltes andenfolpsses 11.01# m12? fdis- `play jrackscircularlybuilt; butfsueh as may :annahm-11m 'embodying e@ 'de in nv. otherfdesirable arrangement@ we claim'and desire to secureloy 'Letters lEati- Leashes the' units/.may loe louilt 'in sections ottone or .more raeks'in` each section and the sections later secured to' ether.VV

Having now escriloed our invention, what entis :y iv LA display Vprisi1 1, '30f*a fixed base, a revolving carrier-rack( mounted on thebase comprising spaced'. discs havingcorrespondingly *disposedf-vr 'radial guidevvavs",'fi-langes Y for` the ends of the rolled goods having `projections to loe inserted and `then rotate ini Vsaid guideways, and an in@ elinejd ramp. f attaellable to jthe'device before anyone f said4 guidewa-ysfforl guiding aroll baseaa. revolvingv carrier rack mounted fon mediate 'upright spacing postaradially. disdevice kvforrilled'- goods, com- Y ,said base comprising spaced d i s cs .and interf v posed rstraight flanged grooves Tin. the lower,V

.mosti disc and:Slottedfgudewaysnihefunpe` `disc land .flange plates for'tlie oppositeends .of

the 4rolle Qfgocds, each platehaving'a cylin drical block on oneface toibe: insertedfinto jecting pin on fguideway,

the other face to enter in a .Zfncludng'means carried by the revnlvng tlie opening inthe endl of the'xrollrandvv apro# discs to prevent.thepinsroin. accidentally worlcingi'out ctv/their respective guideways. 4; A display device for holding? rolled goodsin uprightposition,=V as claimed liiclaiin 2, in which the base fis.; provided with l ana`an' Hiller tflk and the `lower disc of; the racl':V vcarries a; plurality of ca'sters arranged: to]

:ride on s aidtrack during rotation of tlieracli. A display, device for holding a rolled goods-in upright'fposition, 'asfclaimedinclaiin A j 2, ingwhioli' the lower disc of: the rack is ip ro- A vided r witlrdepending guidev lolocks` onitspunder face, Vsaid' blocks being arranged in pairs, v'one block on leaclrside ofeacli. of: the grooves inthej lojveigfdijsc, andv afrainp attachable to the, rackY and' havinglprojections to beinsert'- fed: betweenj .theI bloolrsff or;k ea'cli; pair, .said ramp havingag'u idevvayV toi register iwithj ya guideway ofthellower/fdisc; to guideff ai. roll fromy the floor to the rackQand rollers-upon which thev lower y flange of thezrollrestsfr ini its travelfrom'.tliegfloorgto the rack.; 'f

'way' Cto lead from'ithe vflo,orglevel'to the lower .connecting ltliera1np.in position'` before any goods. onV end, having aninclinedf'flanged :groove vcentrally andLlongitudinally-,- thereof,

7. Anuinelinedgira-inp .12o l/ display devioe as;clained infvclaim Y 2,incliidingfaninolined-rarnphaving-aguidewhich the end of the rll travels, and means for detachably connecting the yramp to a plat- I'III; In testimony whereof they have aixed their sigrgnatures;y v

' Y LSAMUEL SPEGTOR. vCHARLES B. WILLIAMS; 

